Support for typewriting-machines



j. A. B. SMTH.

SUPPORT FOR TYPEWBIWNG MACHINES. APPLlcArlora man JUNE 21. 19H.

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Application :iie limie- El, 191i". Seriei ife. 55%.

To ZZ wir/0m /i may; concern:

Be it known tiiet', JESSE It., B.' Stimm, e citizen of the United States, cesidiiig; im. iteiii'oid, in the county of Feii'iieid. enti State of Connecticut, have invented ceiteiii new and. ueeui iiipiovemeiits in Supports iewiitinw-vMecii-liiee of which the iol- 1e epeeifioetioii.

et; .id oi' suppoit foie machine, slush es e v typefwritiiig machine "fer Writing meiiioiei.- form, ietteis. l

in my piioi appiieatioiis, such es Seriali No. 539,247, filed iuiy 1:2, 1915,(110W patent No. liwfi7 ,716, dated Muguet 21., 1917), om which 'this ieee iiiipevement, the web, Qompisieg eeveiei layers of Work-Sheets, was intei'ieeved with Carbon Sheetsl-and 'feci to the pieten. The web Wee continuous end prefeia'biju :provided 'with printed forme, eeeh constituting one pieve of Work which, when completed, wee tom off from the continuous The interleaved carbon sheets; Weie mounted on. e ein-ringe, so :is to 'ieed with the web While typewiiting, but capable' of being Witiiciieswn reiativeij to the web, so es tomb ebie the bringing of e fresh poitioiivof the web in ifegistei 'with the Carbon sheets, time enfiiiiiig the sii-nie carbon sheets to be ueeci ifepeeiediy for e. number of iettei-s. in this wey, e, ietge iiuiiibei" of form iettexfs; could be wi'itteii, with seveei copies eige-neil letter, by using one t of carbon sheets and e Continuous web eompiising severi-ti toide or ieyee 'flii am ep'piicetioii, Serial No. 71,606, iieci January 'if/, 'i916 (new izetent No. '1,237,3"i9,

dotted August 2i., 1917 i, it Wes Shown iiow the carriage, om. Winch the ezii'boneheete were mounted., was termed. in two parte, so that e poition onwhicii the carbon sheet@ Weie ciiieotiy mounted Comici be detached tiem the body of the eemlege, time enabling the web emi the esiibon Sheets to be deteciie-mici the typewriter used Withot that pntic-nier web.

lie` this present invention, there :ire pio 'videai a piml'eiity of carbon-sheetesuppoitiup; iemes, two being' shown. riiieee sup-- potting fammes are used with different webs, `pireeivzfoiy comprising etiipsr of ciiiferent oims, so that, i'oi owne type of Work, one web :may be useci, eiiftgfoi en entirely different type, the eti'iei' web may oe'iiseii.

iei convenience of handling emi int tile "Webs, the machine, 4Je? se,

.feie im'eiition reietes to an impioiieoi4 iiiountei on :i teble-Wiiicii euppoifis, beiew lthe top thereof und et the ieei, e piiueiity oi' drawers, iii wiiieii eeiimiate peeite et' Webs meg; be pieeeti, and 'from which they may be fed oifei the emiooii, ce/ii'iege and, ite

f7 i ,nml i here is. proa/med one ei ie emotie-Heime ein :effe toi1 euch web, eine they wie t 1 J! f mieheeie loim, so that oiie may changed ioi tile etiiei on tiie emiten, Lein me qe pifopei.,

1 dmwww u ,Li. mln ,m y 'i .ne i@ non, etoiing, me we ie, to. e uit meri so that the Weine een be time/'9. off, ieye by impe?, Witheet fiietuifbiiig the' minier ieyei'e. .ietween the uppei iowel miti drew ie, ii` eujiieieii .is pi'widefi, so the io-ii'ei' web may dem tiie uppo web, es the @when treme for the upper web een moet eoiiveiiieiitiy oe rested Tight' in beek oil the machine treme, above the tier et di'ziwei'e.

wViiieii in use, the deweie me heid in e po- Sjitioi projecting' from the ieei of the table by struts mounted. on the bottom of the di'eweire :md engaging' erosepieces of the tatie. The struts are of gi'afieii site, i11- oieesiiig from top to bottom, so that the iowei dia'iiei wii-l piojeot ieitiiei to tiieii'eai of the iippei' (iizt'wei. fifiieee struts iii'e pivoteiiy mounted so that they eaiii be swung :iside to permit the (ii-ewei's to be eiioved 'iii under the top ei' the teiiie out et the wey.

.i have not cieiinei iieein the above-cieseiiioeti. machine emi stared in` combination., eiaiuis tei' en fi Subjeet-mattei? iizwifig been mede in my ciivieioiiei application, No. eeeiee, me@ Mey i7, ieee.

@they features emi advantages Wiii iieie inetei eppeei.

in the eef'omiimn'ying c'iffiwiiige,

v Figure i. ie e ,persper ve View, iooiz'iiig et it from the ieeigeiiowiig ceibon Nmilie for the uppei' web ee detached, met the ce1- ooii treme for* the iowei Weis piece on the Carbon eamiegge Fig; i), ie e vertical section, teiten 'iom trout to reni, with the patte in A wsitioil of Figi. l.

The machine piope'r, euppoiteci about ixiidway tebie 2. typewritingg media; 'which Je i i' meme Y to the typewi'itei czii'lee'e emi its pieten.,

be iii'tee- Serial .f

iiidieeted et l1, is of tiiefsicieeoi e This machine iiieiutiee the usuali em, mui also a treme extends ienivmdiy tiiereifom, 'to

lnene present instance there are shown I. 7 1 two el the carboircarrying trames, one indicated al; 4i and the other indicatori as lilach of iihe fraines carries a set oit carioon sheets which are interleaved between the n folds or a web, which, for the carbon-carri vif.;

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'for the same.

ing frame 4i, is indicated at 6, and, for-the carbon-carrying frame 5, is indicated. at l.

hThe web 6, as shown in the drawings, is in position on the machine for writing, rand this weh cornes from a pack 8, located in the lower of, a plurality or' drawers 9 and l0. The upper drawer l0 carries a paclr ll. olf the web 7, which is connected to the car hon-carryingn frame 5. The drawers 9 and lll are slidingly mounted in guide-ways l2 and 13, Lso that lthey can be removed from the table, il necessary.

lt will be noted that these drawers areinclined slightly downward and forward, so that the upper layers of the webs can he drawn oil without' disturbing the lower layers. Eetween the upper web 'l' and the lower web .6, there is provided a horizontal guide-rail le, which enables the lower web to clear the upper web and the drawer l0 ihe drawers 9 and l0 are made wide enough to leave plenty of room at the sides or' the packs 8 and l1, so that as the carriage travels from side to side, the web in position on the carriage can travel with the carriage at its upper end without disarrangement. rlhe guide-rail le entends far enough on each side of the drawer l0 to prevent the lower web 6 from catching onthe side edges of the drawer l0.

When the device is in use, the drawers 9 and 10 are held in projecting position by' struts l5 and lo, respectively. The struts engage cross-pieces l? on the 'table` when the drawers are in their active position. The strut 'l5 is longer than the strut i6, so as to cause the lower drawer 9 to project 'farther rearwardly lzhan the upper drawer l0, thus assisting' the lower web (i in clearings,- the upper drawer'ill. 'llhe struts l5 and i6 are pivotally mounted on the drawers 9, as by means oli pins 18, to enable them to he swungl to one side, permitting the drawers 'toghe shoved into the interior of the table. so as to he ont oi the way.

The utility oli the device will be readily understood when taken in connection with the above description. lach or' the drawers Il and l() is provided willi a paclr of web, each of which may be oi its own particular character. That is to say. one drawer may contain a `web ol printed iSorrns for one clasaot' work and the other drawer may contain a webof i'ornis for a diilerent class Wl en il' is desired to use the lower web (i, as indicatori in the drawings, it is placed on the carborrfraine 4, and the carbon sheets interleaved between its folds. rLillie france el is then placed onyt'he carbon carriage 3, and, after proper relative spacing: between the carbon sheets and the folds of the web, the collated set fed around the platen to the printing point. The letters are written according to the forms of the web, and cut of, one by one, with the proper spacing; of the carbon sheets relative to the web. .li is more particularly explained in the above-mentioned applicationss lli' it is desired to write YEcrins o the charu aeter provided for on the u I per web l', then the iframe l is detached roin the carbon carriage, and the web doubled over in the manner shown in connection with the web 7. This carbon-frame 4, with the weby on it, can be placed ont of 'the' way, either on the surface of 'the table, to one side of the machine, or in the lower drawer 9 itself. Then the upper web Z, with its carbon-carrying frame 5, -niay be placed on the machine. rl`his is done by attaching' the carbon-Carr;7V ing frame 5 to the carbon carriage 3and, after a proper relative spacing of the carbon sheets and the, folds of the web, the

'manifold thus formed is fed around the platen to be typewrittenfon. Y

rlllre number of webs may he increased, if desired, and additional drawers provided. lt will be noted that the drawers are arranged in substantial vertical register with the machine, so that they correspond to a inidposition or' the carriage in its travel, enabling.: the webs to more at their upper ends with the carriage, co-either side of this rnid position, without disturbing-the packs of webs in the drawers. The ,width of the drawers also permits this sidewise motion of the webs at their upper ends.

The lower drawer 9 is held by its strut 15 and will project at the rear somewhat beyond the upper drawer 10, enabling the lower web o when in use to clear the upper drawer l0 more easily. rlo force the drawers 9 and l0 within the confines of the table, it is merely necessary to swing the struts l5 and 16 to one side. ln this position, the drawers will be ont of the way. l/lf hen 'the struts are swung,r to one side, the vdrawers will slide forwardly in 'their e'uideways l2 and 13, and will be arrested when the sides of Ythe struts strike against the cross-pieces 17.

ln this way, in addition to being able to write repeatedly a number of copies, of a giron. form, at one time, and repeat this loi-In over and over again, a pluralityv of forms may be used with the same machine, and kept in a position to he readily put on or taken olf oi the machine without any inconvenience. Thus, the operative can change rapidlyy from writing; form-letters of one type to writing' formlcttcrs of anothertype with the saine machine, by simply detaching the frame carrying tlie carbon sheets with lll 'lac

hersenen web thereon. rthis maintains the car hon sheets ain'ays interleaved between the 'ohis ot 'the web, so that either form cnn he picked np nt n monients notice and piaceri upon the machine, ready for work.

Tfari-ations may he resorted to within the scope of the invention, and portions ot' the improvements may ne used without others.

Having thus described my invention, 1 claim:

i. The combination with a stand for a machine adapted to Vwork upon a web which is feci from side to side aswell as torwardiy es the worn progresses, of a receptacle therein for hoiding a web in a pack, a second rc reptacie therein at n different ievei for snpnorting av second web in a pack, said receptacles haring openings-through which webs may he fed Jrom the same to n machine supported on the stand, and a guide projecting beyond the side margins of said receptacies, :and located between the saine,

one of said webs it is fed from side to side.

2. The combination with a stand Jfor a machine adapted to work upon a web which 1s ieri 'from suie to side, :is Weii as forwardly,

as the work progresses, of a plurality of re centuries ioeated at different ieveis in said stand, one above the other. and openingr ut the rear. each of said receptacles thus serving as a hoider vfor a separate pack of manifohi webs. so as to provide means for selectively feeding, at wiii, any one of a pinraiity o webs -from its respective receptacle over the hack of said stand to said machine from the rear while in operation.

3. i typewriting maci'iine-stand comprising u top, a siidabiy mounted receptacle unfor clearing ier seioi top, seid receptecie opening at the rear ci? sain stanti, and having its ioor inclined downwardly `from rear to front, a second siiciahiy mounted receptacle under the tiret, said second receptacie also opening-nt' the rear of seid stand, and having its tioor inciined downwardiy 'from rear to iront, and

means for maintaining: said receptacie 1n artiv Withdrawn working positions with the front of the lower receptacie extending forwardly bevond' the -iront ot the upper i receptacle.V A

fi. The combination with a taoie having e top arranged to support a mechine, oi a pin4 raiity of receptacies extending beneath the top of said tabie andopen when in use, anni struts of increasing graded magnitude from top to bottom for receptacles in tier with each other, enabling a ion/er receptacle to 'project outwardly from the'confines of said table farther than en upper receptacle above the saine.

5. The combination with a table having a top arranged to support a machine, of a phiraiity of drawers siidingiy mounted in saidtabie, so to' incline downwartiiy anti inwardly, and struts pivotaiij; mounted on said drawers to Yengage said table, so as to A revent said drawers when in use from siiding within the contines of sai table to inactive positions', said struts being acijnstahie to inactive positions', permitting the retirement of said drawers to inactive positions within the confines of the table. y

JESSE fa. B. Sii/HTH.

:Witnesses:

ARTHUR A. Jonsson, EDITH B, Linnen. 

